A heart touching story:showing the need of blood and importance of blood donation
“Tears of a mother cannot save her Child. But your Blood can”
I was just seventeen, when I actually realized the importance of blood donation. I was returning from my school at around 4 pm, when I saw a poor lady standing besides the school gate with a small pink diary in her hand, and was praying to help her child. Initially I thought she must be asking for money, which usually happens. But curiously I walked down to her and asked what happened? What do you want? Without saying anything she gave me the diary, which was actually the treatment card of her 4 yrs old son who was suffering from beta thalassemia major and requiring blood transfusion on a regular interval. But this time his transfusion was getting delayed because of unavailability of group matched (i.e. A -ve) blood unit in the blood bank. The blood bank personnel have asked her to bring a same group blood donor, then only they will be able to provide blood. After that, she started crying and asked me to donate blood for her son, who was waiting in the hospital with his aunt. When I asked about his father, she said that he got frustrated of his son’s disease and the unavailability of employment, he has left the house and she don’t know where is he currently. I almost started tearing after hearing all this, and I decided to donate blood for her son. I went to the blood bank, but unfortunately I couldn’t fulfil the criteria of blood donation, I was just 17 (one year shorter). But I pampered that needy mother and promised her that I will definitely arrange blood for her son tomorrow. I couldn’t sleep that night, with the thoughts that how can I help that lady. In the next morning I went to school and told the story to my classmates, than some of my classmates told that they have just completed 18, but none of them are A -ve blood group. But still I motivate them to donate their blood for some other needy patients, and took them to the blood bank. This time I asked blood bank people that, how can I arrange A -ve blood for that thalassemia child? Then he gave me the list of some A -ve blood donors and told me to contact them. I contacted those donors and luckily two of them turned up for donation. I went to that lady and asked her to bring her son for blood transfusion, as the blood is available now in the blood bank. I felt so happy and proud that day, that was the most beautiful and memorable day of my life. At the same instance, I decided to become a regular voluntary blood donor as soon as I turn up to 18. And since then I am a regular voluntary blood donor and always try to motivate other’s for the same. I have taken an initiative and made an Rh “D”–ve blood donor registry and 48 people have been registered so far, who donate their blood on a regular basis, as and when we get call from various hospitals or blood banks. Whenever there is a requirement of negative blood units in our district (Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India), we used to communicate with each other and send a few of them for donation.
At last, I would like to admire the comment by famous bollywood actor Kamal Hassan: ” Religious people are so convinced that only their religion is right choice . But i don’t see them asking for Hindu blood , Muslim blood or christian blood at the blood banks when they need it at medical emergency “
Jai Hind….